Behavior Babble continues with part 2 our book review of "10 Days to a Less Defiant Child" by Jeffrey Bernstein. Barb and Pam review the last chapters of the book and reflect on how the book has been helpful in their support of parents. From garnering support in the extended family to working with school and other professionals, Bernstein and 10 Days has great tips, tricks, and reminders to help families support their defiant child.

The series, "Behavior Babble with Barb and Pam" continues! For this episode, we decided to read a popular best seller about behavior and give our two cents. Maybe this will help you pick it up or not? The book we chose was Ten Days To A Less Defiant Child  by Dr. Jeffery Bernstein.

When Behaviors Happen Only At Home or Only At School For more information about Pam and Barb, check out their websites: www.synergyautismcenter.com and www.pjsconsultation.com Here are few resources we shared and/or alluded to during our conversation and/or ones that we find immensely helpful in our work: A broken feedback loop between the parent and child when the child has Autism is discussed in this article. It is a mainstream article that glosses over some of the research but can be a good starting point if you want more information on how the feedback between parent and child can be impacted. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/26/can-parental-training-improve-the-course-of-autism Effects of Teacher Greetings on Student On-Task Behavior: This 2007 study of the effect of a simple verbal interaction with each middle schooler in a class goes to the part of the conversation where Barb was referring to a greeting from a teacher to a child impact...

Barbara and Pam discuss the notion that children are not being bad when they exhibit a challenging behavior. They delve deeper into one specific case that Pam brings up where a child is being characterized as choosing  to engage in difficult behaviors or is “being bad”. They talk through how they support families and school teams  to move past that thinking to understand that behavior is communication. Barb's main website: www.synergyautismcenter.com Pam's main website: www.pjsconsultation.com Here are few resources we shared and/or eluded to during our conversation and/or ones that we find immensely helpful in our work: Ross Greene Lives in Balance (wrote Collaborative Problem Solving which he has since renamed Collaborative and Proactive Solutions) https://www.livesinthebalance.org/ Stuart Shanker Helps us move from thinking a behavior is bad to a behavior being a stress response. Excellent book and resources - available through his ...

Hello and welcome to another episode of our wonderful Synergy Autism Podcast. Today, I am chatting with my good friend and colleague, Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak. She was working with a classroom team in one of her trainings who was perplexed as to what to do for and with a child who dives under the table at the end of the day. Listen in as we "unpack" what to do in the middle of the storm but then also how to return to the issue to teach and support in different ways. We explore what to do to: Decrease stressors Engage your whole classroom team in decreasing stressors Engage a parent who is there to pick up the child An extra special thank you to Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak for another great question for us to discuss and share with you. A couple of our favorite resources we mentioned during this podcast: The Yes Brain by Tina Bryson and Dan Siegel Self-Reg by Stuart Shanker Our website for further exploration for teachers, parents, and administrat...

Listen in to episode 10 where Barbara Avila and Kristie Pretti-Frontczak discuss a question Kristie got from the field (early childhood preschool classrooms).... What do you do when a child will only be held and will "meltdown" if put down onto the floor, a chair, or elsewhere? How can that child be successful and how can I run a classroom when I am having to hold a child all day!? https://soundcloud.com/synergyautismpodcast/episode-10-when-a-child-only-wants-to-be-held

When a child says "NO WAY!" verbally or through their behavior - what do you do?!? What IEP or IFSP can you possibly write? What do you do when they refuse to join? In this podcast, I am speaking with Dr. Kristi Pretti-Fronczak. We answer a question from one of her ECSE teams about a child who just won't join the group or any other activity for that matter. The team wants to know how to teach and what IEP/IFSP goals to write when this happens. Listen in as we hash this one out together!